August 03 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 1509 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546)


• 1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759)


• 1770 - King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840)


• 1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865)


• 1808 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)


• 1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861)


• 1817 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895)


• 1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914)


• 1850 - Reginald Heber Roe, 2nd Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School (d. 1926)


• 1855 - Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)


• 1856 - Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)


• 1860 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935)


• 1867 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)


• 1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)


• 1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)


• 1894 - Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)


• 1895 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)


• 1899 - Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)


• 1900 - Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945)


• 1900 - John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970)


• 1901 - Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981)


• 1902 - Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi (d. 1944)


• 1903 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (d. 2000)


• 1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988)


• 1905 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (d. 1983)


• 1905 - Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004)


• 1911 - Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor (d. 1990)


• 1913 - Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-born television comedy writer (d. 2007)


• 1915 - Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (d. 2006)


• 1915 - Pete Newell, American basketball coach


• 1916 - Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970)


• 1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)


• 1917 - Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1995)


• 1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999)


• 1918 - Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)


• 1920 - P. D. James, English novelist


• 1920 - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)


• 1920 - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect


• 1921 - Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)


• 1921 - Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic


• 1922 - Robert Sumner, American evangelist and author


• 1923 - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity


• 1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003)


• 1925 - Marv Levy, American football coach


• 1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer


• 1926 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004)


• 1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)


• 1928 - Cécile Aubry, French actress


• 1933 - Pat Crawford, Former Australian cricketer


• 1934 - Haystacks Calhoun, American professional wrestler (d. 1989)


• 1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader (d. 2002)


• 1935 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1997)


• 1935 - Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer and bandleader


• 1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor


• 1937 - Steven Berkoff, English actor


• 1937 - Duncan Sharpe, Former Pakistani cricketer


• 1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter


• 1939 - Jimmy Nicol, English musician


• 1939 - Egil Krogh, American lawyer and Watergate figure


• 1939 - Apoorva Sengupta, Former Indian cricketer


• 1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player


• 1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor


• 1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles)


• 1941 - Martha Stewart, American media personality


• 1945 - Eamon Dunphy, former Irish footballer


• 1946 - Jack Straw, British politician


• 1946 - Syreeta Wright, American singer and songwriter (d. 2004)


• 1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France


• 1948 - Pierre Lacroix, National Hockey League executive


• 1949 - Reed Waller, American comic book author


• 1950 - John Landis, American film director


• 1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1951 - Jay North, American actor


• 1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer


• 1952 - Frank Schaeffer, American author


• 1952 - Loles León, Spanish actress


• 1954 - Gary Peters, English footballer


• 1956 - Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai politician


• 1956 - Balwinder Sandhu, Former Indian cricketer


• 1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian film maker


• 1958 - Ana Kokkinos, Greek-Australian film director


• 1958 - Lambert Wilson, French actor


• 1959 - John C. McGinley, American actor


• 1959 - Martin Atkins, English musician


• 1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate


• 1960 - Tim Mayotte, American tennis player


• 1960 - Gopal Sharma, Former Indian cricketer


• 1961 - Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats)


• 1961 - Molly Hagan, American actress


• 1963 - James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica)


• 1963 - Kyoko Chan Cox, American musician, daughter of Yoko Ono


• 1963 - Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul)


• 1963 - Isaiah Washington, American actor


• 1963 - Lisa Ann Walter, American actress


• 1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (d. 2007)


• 1966 - Eric Esch, American boxer


• 1967 - Mathieu Kassovitz, French film director and screenwriter


• 1968 - Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)


• 1970 - Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game developer


• 1970 - Stephen Carpenter, American musician (Deftones)


• 1971 - Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)


• 1971 - DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)


• 1972 - Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player


• 1973 - Patrick Wilson, American actor


• 1973 - Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder


• 1973 - Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer


• 1973 - Michael Ealy, American actor


• 1975 - Aryiro Strataki, Greek heptathlete


• 1975 - Chris Nevin, Former New Zealand cricketer


• 1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player


• 1977 - Tom Brady, American football player


• 1977 - Tómas Lemarquis, Icelandic actor


• 1977 - Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist


• 1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer


• 1979 - Kris Jenkins, American football player


• 1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress


• 1980 - Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1980 - Brandan Schieppati, American singer (Bleeding Through)


• 1983 - Mamie Gummer, American actress


• 1984 - Jon Foster, American actor


• 1984 - Amanda Kimmel, American beauty queen


• 1984 - Yasin Avci, Danish footballer


• 1984 - Ryan Lochte, American swimmer


• 1984 - Sunil Chetri, Indian Footballer


• 1985 - Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby league footballer


• 1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco


• 1987 - Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model


• 1993 - Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer